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having foolishly purchased a region 1 dvd on ebay (i live in the uk), i changed the dvd driver region to region 1, then a few months ago, back to region 2, then a few weeks ago, back to region 1. i recently attempted to change it back to region 2 for the last time, and the driver hardware should have one change left, and indicates so when i attempt to change it, yet for some reason it refuses to recognise region 2 dvds when they are in the dvd drive. the error message displayed is "unable to update media setting. The drive reports that it requires media of the destination region (region 2) so please insert appropriate media and try again". i have tried a dozen or so region 2 dvds now; none of them work. is there anything i can do, other than resort to downloading shifty illegal region free software?